Lethargic Face Corruption Fugitive From Muratara Bawaslu Grant Arrested By Tulungagung Prosecutor

TULUNGAGUNG - The Tulungagung District Prosecutor's Office arrested the US who was on the wanted list (DPO) in the case of corruption in the Bawaslu grant fund, North Musi Rawas Regency (Muratara), South Sumatra, for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year at his wife's family home in Tulungagung, East Java.

"We have been monitoring the whereabouts of the suspect since two weeks ago," said Head of Intelligence at the Tulungagung District Attorney's Office, Tri Radityo, as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 22.

The suspect AS has been living in Tulungagung for several weeks. He is suspected of deliberately hiding from legal snares after all commissioners of the Muratara Bawaslu were named suspects and detained in the same case.

According to Agung, the US has been in Tulungagung for about three months. His movements in Tulungagung were successfully detected because his wife's family came from Tulungagung.

The US then became the DPO based on the DPO Determination Letter Number B-1619 / L. 611/fd.1/05/2022 which was signed directly by the Attorney General's Office of Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Willy Ade Chaidir.

It is known previously, in the case of grant funds to the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) of Muratara Regency for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year, investigators have named eight suspects.

The eight suspects are Munawir, Chairman of Bawaslu Muratara, member of Bawaslu Muratara M Ali Asek, member of Bawaslu Muratara Paulina, member of Bawaslu Muratara SZ, and Treasurer of Bawaslu Murataran Kukuh Reksa Prabu.

Then, Tirta Arisandi, Hendrik, and Aceng Sudrajat (AS), the three at that time were the coordinators of the Muratara Regency Bawaslu Secretariat (Korsek).

From the results of the audit of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), state losses due to this case amounted to Rp. 2.51 billion.